Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks in Arizona
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$37,934
after federal, FICA and Arizona tax
Tax takes
$7,476
16.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$37,520
Arizona costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arizona — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$45,410
Kept after tax
$37,934
Worth in national money
$37,520
State rank
24
of 51 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Arizona pays this job around $45,410 at the midpoint, 24 of 51 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 491 occupations Arizona publishes, this job lands at 382. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $45,410, tax leaves $37,934, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $37,520 in comparable terms. Averages run higher here, $46,750, since top earners drag the number up.
- For shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks the Arizona median is $45,410, ranking 24 of 51 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within Arizona, this work ranks 382 of 491 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- Because Arizona sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks — median $45,410 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $37,934 retained, $37,520 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $46,750 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $45,410 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,060 |
| This salary | $45,410 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arizona | $37,934 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $38,667 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$2,271 |
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $44,498 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,747 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arizona earn less than $45,410. The published range is $36,120 up to $62,060, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind Arizona's $37,934, worked from $45,410. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 382 of 491.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $37,520 uses one figure for the whole of Arizona. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 491 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 382.
- Reported values are medians; for shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks in Arizona the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $36,120 to $62,060. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- The Arizona take-home of $37,934, on $45,410 for work ranking 382 of 491 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 382 of 491 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $37,520, worked from $45,410, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Arizona address, on work sitting at 382 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
Less than you might expect. The bottom tenth earn $36,120 and the top tenth $62,060, so most people doing this work in Arizona sit within a fairly tight band.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Arizona run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $37,520 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Arizona then takes its own share, leaving $37,934.
Can I compare this job across every state?
All 51 jurisdictions report this work, which makes the ranking a like-for-like one.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($36,120 to $62,060) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Arizona rather than a national figure.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Arizona's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $37,520 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $37,934 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arizona income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Is this occupation's state coverage complete?
State-level estimates are published for all 51 jurisdictions for this occupation, so cross-state comparison is not confounded by suppression. ⚠️ Estimates remain survey-based and carry sampling error; small differences between adjacent states should not be over-read.